Cajigan-Llarenas pairing is mutually beneficial

11:02 AM,
Feb. 15, 2014

Llarenas

Written by

Grant Wieman
Pacific Sunday News

Competing at a high level of tennis requires opportunity and ability, but, in a relatively small community like at Guam, it also requires an elite training partner. For most future pros and college players, that means playing tournaments or enrolling in a full-time tennis academy. That isn't always the case.

Venus and Serena Williams grew up not playing junior tournaments like most youth tennis players, but by facing each other every day in practice.

Finding a challenger to push him is hard to come by for John F. Kennedy High School sophomore Chris Cajigan, who finished his freshman season ...